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Science and Technology Names

  1. Seven
    • Origin:

      Numerical word name
    • Description:

      Seinfeld's George threatened to name his future child Seven, and then singer Erykah Badu actually did it.
  2. Armstrong
    • Origin:

      English and Scottish surname
    • Meaning:

      "strong arms"
    • Description:

      Last name occasionally used as a first, can be seen as a Lance Armstrong athlete-hero name.
  3. Meridian
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "midday / pinnacle"
    • Description:

      In geography, a meridian is a line drawn around the curve of the Earth between the North and South Poles. The term comes from Latin meridianus, meaning "pertaining to midday", and the association with midday has led to the word gaining an added figurative meaning of "pinnacle; culmination".
  4. Nebula
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "mist"
    • Description:

      Could be the next Nova, now that celestial baby names are in the ascendent.
  5. Pewter
    • Origin:

      English from French
    • Meaning:

      "tin alloy"
  6. Shingo
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "genuine; careful"
    • Description:

      Common Japanese name most notably connected to Shigeo Shingō, Japanese industrial engineer and expert on the Toyota Production System.
  7. Sagan
    • Eleven
      • Origin:

        Word name
      • Description:

        If Erykah Badu can name her son Seven, why can't you name your daughter (or son) this? Eleven has recently gotten a lot of attention via the character on the TV show Stranger Things.
    • Beta
      • Origin:

        Greek, second letter of the Greek alphabet
      • Description:

        If you can't have an Alpha male, how about a Beta girl.
    • Gravity
      • Origin:

        Word name
      • Description:

        Spacey.
    • Exa
      • Origin:

        Spelling variation of Achsah, Hebrew
      • Meaning:

        "adorned"
      • Description:

        In the 21st century, Exa is best known as the given name of Grimes and Elon Musk's daughter Y, a sibling for X Æ A-XII. The celebrity parents were inspired by the supercomputer terms exaFLOPS, which is the "ability for a supercomputer to perform 1 quintillion floating-point operations per second."
    • Umbra
      • Origin:

        Latin
      • Meaning:

        "shadow"
    • Guifré
      • Origin:

        Catalan form of Wilfred
      • Meaning:

        "desires peace"
      • Description:

        You'd be forgiven for thinking this is the Catalan form of Geoffrey, but it actually comes from a slightly different Germanic name — also with a peaceful meaning. It's a historical choice, belonging to several medieval counts. In modern times, Guifré Vidal is a leading quantum physicist.
    • Cori
      • Ion
        • Origin:

          Romanian and Basque variation of John
        • Description:

          A cross between Ian and a group of atomic particles.
      • Omega
        • Origin:

          Greek
        • Meaning:

          "last"
        • Description:

          Omega is an unusual name used now equally for boys and girls, though the a ending is conventionally feminine. More popular boys' names, like Omega, end in the a sound these days: Joshua, Noah, Micah.
      • Ultima
        • Origin:

          Latin, Italian
        • Meaning:

          "last"
        • Description:

          An uncommon Latin and Italian name which would make a fitting choice for a final baby – but be aware that many would associate it with the cosmetics brand or the Ultimo brand of lingerie.
      • Horizon
        • Origin:

          Word name
        • Description:

          A name with vision.
      • Mendel
        • Origin:

          Yiddish variation of Menachem
        • Description:

          Mendel is an Old World Jewish name that is also the surname of the founder of genetics.
      • Delta
        • Origin:

          Greek
        • Meaning:

          "letter or island"
        • Description:

          Delta is an unusual vintage name for girls or an futuristic modern option for boys. Delta is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet and also the geographical name given to an island formed at the mouth of a river.